[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Request for review & upload: nsf (ITP #766486)

[Stefan Sobernig]

I should add: by now, the final 2.0.0 release is out:

https://next-scripting.org/

this is certainly reflected in the revised source package.

best,
//stefan

> Dear all,
> dear Sergei,
>
> I would appreciate if you could re-review the package and proceed by
> uploading it.
>
> For the records, due to license-documentation issues, the initial upload
> was kicked off the upload queue.
>
> These issues have been tackled. Unfortunately, Sergei has not responded
> to my request for re-upload since mid-Nov '14. I was not able to get
> hold of him on IRC either.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan
>
>> Dear Debian Tcl/Tk'lers!
>>
>> As announced quite some time ago, I prepared a new Debian package for
>> review and upload (see ITP #766486). NSF/NX/XOTcl2 are the successors of
>> XOTcl.
>>
>> See https://next-scripting.org/.
>>
>> The actual initial (non-beta) release of NSF/NX/XOTcl2 is planned for
>> the next couple of days (before or on Oct 26th). To speed up the overall
>> process, I prepared the source package "nsf" with a current SCM snapshot
>> (2.0.0~b6) for review.
>>
>> Once reviewed and fixed, switching to the then available release sources
>> will be straight forward.
>>
>> I used git-buildpackage (in a standard layout: debian/sid, upstream,
>> pristine-tar). For the review, I published the source-package repo to
>>
>> http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/nsf.git/
>>
>> The packages are lintian clean, I followed the Debian Tcl/Tk policy
>> 0.3.0, and tested the installation of the debs.
>>
>> I kindly ask for your reviews and the promotion of the package.
>>
>> That said, do you see any chance of landing before the Jessie deadline?
>> I know, the ITP queues are extensive, but still, I was hoping naive as I
>> am ;)
>>
>> Best,
>> Stefan
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: Bug#766486: ITP: nsf -- The Next Scripting Framework (for
>> short: NSF) is an infrastructure for creating object-oriented scripting
>> languages based on Tcl. See http://next-scripting.org/.
>> Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:51:07 +0000
>> Resent-From: Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig at wu.ac.at>
>> Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist at lists.debian.org
>> Resent-CC: stefan.sobernig at wu.ac.at, debian-devel at lists.debian.org,
>> wnpp at debian.org
>> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:49:01 +0000
>> From: Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig at wu.ac.at>
>> Reply-To: Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig at wu.ac.at>,
>> 766486 at bugs.debian.org
>> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
>>
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig at wu.ac.at>
>>
>> * Package name    : nsf
>>    Version         : 2.0b6
>>    Upstream Author : Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig at wu.ac.at>
>> * URL             : http://next-scripting.org/
>> * License         : MIT
>>    Programming Lang: C, Tcl
>>    Description     : The Next Scripting Framework (for short: NSF) is an
>> infrastructure for creating object-oriented scripting languages based on
>> Tcl. See http://next-scripting.org/.
>>
>> The Next Scripting Framework (for short: NSF) is an infrastructure for
>> creating object-oriented scripting languages based on Tcl. This
>> package provides two ready-made object-orientated extensions for Tcl
>> based on NSF: Next Scripting Language (NX, pronounced "next") and
>> Extended Object Tcl version 2 (XOTcl2, pronounced "exotickle").
>>
>> NSF and the two languages are direct successors of XOTcl
>> (http://www.xotcl.org/), which is actively maintained as a Debian
>> package (jointly with the Debian Tcl/Tk packaging team).
>>
>> NSF/NX, NSF/XOTcl2 and applications written using them are deployed in
>> and along with production-grade software systems, such as Learn at WU
>> (http://learn.wu.ac.at/), OpenACS (http://openacs.org/), and
>> AOLServer/NaviServer.
>>
>> I plan to maintain the NSF Debian package inside the Debian Tcl/Tk
>> packaging team. In this context, I am already responsible for two other
>> packages. See
>> https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=stefan.sobernig%40wu-wien.ac.at.
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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